BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 846
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Date of Hearing: May 11, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
AB 846 (Bonilla) - As Amended: March 31, 2011
Policy Committee: Human
ServicesVote:4 - 0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill makes technical changes to foster youth identity theft
provisions of law. Specifically, this bill:
1)Adds the Department of Social Services (DSS) to the list of
entities authorized to request credit reports on behalf of
foster youth in an effort to determine whether identity theft
may have occurred.
2)Adds the Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection
(OISPP) to the entities tasked with compiling a list of
governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations permitted to
respond to possible identity theft on a foster youth's behalf.
3)Deletes the reference to an "approved counseling"
organization, and instead, inserts "a governmental or
nonprofit organization" that provides "information and
assistance" to victims of identity theft.
4)Authorizes the credit organization to take remedial action to
clear the foster youth's credit record and report the results
to the referring county or state department.
FISCAL EFFECT
Costs associated with this legislation are minor and absorbable
within existing resources.
COMMENTS
AB 846
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1)Purpose . This bill is clean up to AB 2985 (Maze; Chapter 387,
Statutes of 2006), a bill that required a county welfare
department to request a consumer credit disclosure on a foster
youth turning 16, and to refer that foster youth to a credit
counseling organization upon any indication of a disclosure
revealing negative items or evidence of identity theft. This
bill removes references to requiring the organization to be an
"approved" counseling service and instead requires that youth
be referred to a governmental or nonprofit organization that
provides information and assistance with identity theft and
other credit problems.
2)Related Legislation . This bill is substantially similar to AB
2698 (Block) of 2010 and AB 1324 (Bass) of 2009, which were
vetoed by the governor. In his veto message he noted that the
original legislation had not been fully implemented and "if,
through the implementation, it becomes clear that foster youth
are not being served in the way the law intended, I would be
willing to reconsider this matter."
AB 2985 (Maze; Chapter 387, Statutes of 2006) enacted existing
requirements for county welfare departments to request a
credit report for foster youth, upon turning 16 years of age,
and to refer foster youth to an approved organization that
provides counseling services to victims of identity theft if
identity theft was suspected or discovered.
Analysis Prepared by : Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)
319-2081